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| Bride with Two Grooms by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The script calls for an unspecified number of Morris Dancers. A normal Morris side would be six dancers, however they need not all be visible on the stage and three might be doubled by other members of the cast. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comic melodrama on two simple sets, inspired by the sensational Victorian novel, Lady Audley's Secret, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, with the setting moved to the 1930s. |
| Synopsis | When the charming Miss Lucy marries wealthy widower, Sir Michael Audley, little is known about her past. But when she pushes her first husband down a well and then tries to blow up her new family, there are suspicions that she may not be as delightful as she appears. |
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| A Brief Encounter with Murder by Peter John Cooper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Jones the Carpet is written female, but could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Absurd comedy. Single livingroom set. |
| Synopsis | A restful holiday in a 1940s themed holiday home becomes a bizarre murder mystery as Mother goes missing with a bearded fisherman and a fat vicar lies dead in the front room. Was it the Rat Catcher, the Carpet Fitter or the French Dressmaker? And who is the Man with the Big Hammer? |
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| A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short educational sketch. |
| Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
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| A Brief History Of The United States by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Slick changes would be required if only minimum cast available. |
| Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] Dependent on using all music suggested |
| Music | Song suggestions are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An assembly presentation play with eight songs. |
| Synopsis | A fast moving dramatisation of the rise of the USA, from the early days of discovery and colonisation through industrialisation and two World Wars up to the present day. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Brief Lives by Andrew Beattie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama for young actors. Traces of black comedy and strong language. Two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Two teenage boys are presented with a difficult situation when, arriving for his regular music lesson, one of them discovers the dead body of his elderly music teacher. |
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| Bright - A Play About Heaven by David Webb |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play with a Christian theme delivered in a direct style. No specific set - requires only a bench. |
| Synopsis | A man suffering after his second heart attack meets a friend in a beautiful garden, where the air makes him feel better than the doctors have managed. Then he remembers that friend was badly hurt in an accident and begins to realise where he is. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Family Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 55. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 23 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (Thre are sound effects, but no props or set requirments listed.) This edition is [in the opinion of the writers] suitable for a family audience. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, various unlikely television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch. |
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| The Bright and Shiny Radio Show [Robust Edition] by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 61. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] Which could be increased with addition of musical numbers between sketches. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 26 sketches suitable for either a radio show or a stage revue. (There are sound effects, but no props or set requirements listed.) This 'robust' edition has three more sketches and a few more rude words than the family edition. |
| Synopsis | A comedy collection, which includes a number of very problematic job interviews, investigations into the difficulties of being a snake, a homing pigeon or an insect, unlikely various television and radio shows and the inevitable doctor's sketch, along with a couple of running gags. |
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| The Brilliance in the Room by Phil Porter |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 105. No chorus. An ensemble piece designed for a cast of 12 or more, each playing multiple roles. |
| Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full-length sweep of Dickensian vignettes, with an ensemble of actors playing multiple characters. No specific set, but props are manipulated to convey locations. |
| Synopsis | A dreamlike convergence of Dickens’ characters and situations swirl about the stage, in a celebration of the author’s works. |
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| Bring Me Sunshine by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short, nostalgic comedy play, set in a very specific location (but with a minimal set). |
| Synopsis | George and Kate are taking a walk along Morecambe promenade to re-live old memories. George is shocked at what he sees, but the down-to-earth locals convince him that history won’t repeat itself. |
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